Improvement in rests for cutting-nippers



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

SAMUEL E. LEACH, `on CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN RESTS FOR CUTTING-NIPPRS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No.146,3115, dated January13, 1874; application iiled October 6, 1873.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL FREDERICK LEACH, of Chelsea, 'Suiiolk county,State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved fire-Cutter, ofw ich the following is a specication:

My invention relates to improvements in rests applied to wire-cuttersand other similar tools, for the purpose of holding the wire or Strip ofmetal to be cut at right angles to the cutting-jaws during the operationof cutting, whereby the rests may be readily drawn into position for usewhen required, while at other times they may be drawn backward out ofthe way of the jaws and cutting-edges.

In carrying/out my invention, I arrange on the outer surface of the sideof onel of the lever-jaws a plate, provided with an elongated slot, theSides of which are parallel to the working edge of the plate. This plateis 4held to the side of the jaw of the cutter by means of a pair ofscrews or other retaining means, soV as to be capable of sliding intoand out oi' po sition in a line parallel with the lower edge of thecutting-Surface of the upper jaw of the tool; but that my invention maybe fully understood, I will proceed to describe the same in detail byaid of the accompanying drawing.

Figures l and 2 represent opposite side views of a wire-cutter with myimproved rest applied thereto.

A represents the lower handle, and C the upper handle of a wirecutter,the front portion of the lower handle A being extended and formed with ajaw, At, while the upper handle is pivoted at D, and at its front endoperates the upper or moving jaw D, which is pivoted `at E. F is a platewhich forms one side ot' the cutter, and is connectedL to the saine bythe Screws D* E. G is a stop to prevent the spring D from forcing theparts too far out. H represents my improved rest applied to the outerSurface of the side of the wire-cutter, and provided with an elongatedSlot, H', the sides of which are parallel to the working edge h of theplate H. This plate H is held in position by means of screws J J, so asto be capable of sliding into position, as indicated in Fig. l, or ofbeing drawn readily backward out of the way of the jaws when notrequired.

It will be seen that the rest H is controlled to move into and ont ofposition in a line parallel to the lower edge of the cutting-surface ofthe upper jaw of the tool, and that by this arrangement the rest isnever in the way of the workman, and is not liable to be bent or brokenoli', as is the ease with pivoted rests, which have to be turned ontheir axes in order to be moved into or out of position.

Having thus described myinvention, Iwould have it understood that Iseparately lay no claim to the arrangement or construction of the cutteras Shown and described; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a cutter, of arest, H, provided with an elongatedSlot, H', and working on screws or pins J J So as to be capable of beingmoved into and out of position in a line parallel to the cutting-surfaceof the upper jaw, Substantially as shown and described.

SAMUEL FREDERICK LEAQH.

Witnesses:

LEMUEL P. J ENKS, JEROME W. PACKARD.

